Thermal scanners were installed at Bangkok Bus Terminal in Chatuchak district in an effort to control Covid-19 as more people take inter-provincial buses during the New Year holiday. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)
The number of Omicron infections reached 934 as of Wednesday, most of which were new arrivals from abroad, the Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday.
Dr Supakit Sirilak, director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences, said that between Nov 1 when the country reopened and Wednesday, Thailand logged a total of 934 Omicron cases. Of them, 577 or 62% were arrivals from abroad and 357 or 38% were local transmissions. On Wednesday alone, Omicron cases surged to 194. Eighty-eight of them were arrivals from overseas and 106 were local transmissions, he said.
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